Collection AR24 - Croydon British Girls School Bible

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AR24

Title

Croydon British Girls School Bible

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  • 1864 (Creation)

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1 vol

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(n.d.)

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Purchased 1864 from the legacy of Ann Everett of Broad Green. July 1951 presented by Miss Elizabeth Harrison (headmistress of the School at its closure) to Croydon Polytechnic. Donated to Croydon Archives 1991.

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Accession Number: 24

Croydon British Girls School Bible

Item date: 1864

Depositor's Name: Treagus, Kathy

Depositor's Name: Croydon College

Accession date: 14/8/1991

Custodial history: Purchased 1864 from the legacy of Ann Everett of Broad Green. July 1951 presented by Miss Elizabeth Harrison (headmistress of the School at its closure) to Croydon Polytechnic.

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Bible: containing ornate inscription recording its purchase, 1864, for the Croydon British Girls School, from the legacy of Ann Everett of Broad Green. Bible published by the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1863. The volume has a black fabric dust jacket with the word Bible embroidered on it; probably made for it while it was in the custody of the School [?c1930s-1940s].

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GB-352-ar24

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24/06/2015

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